#ish? just to be safe

[e77y]

Seriously need to make more friends or go outside more (both things are easier said than done) bc I am a little bit tired of relying on content creation for attention and connection :(

[timeladix]

Friends with benefits but the benefit is giving each other societally unacceptable long hugs and generally being more touchy while literally being friends and not actually a couple

[rivalkieran]

I think it would be fun if post-story kieran got a mix of his tealmask and indigodisk hairstyles :)

[gophergal]

boinga. boinga. boinga. boinga.

bonus heby weapon man:

[nyaskitten]

$50,000... okay Lloyd, you sick fuck...

[sporeclan]

do you have any lore to share about silverpaw, the starclan guide?

-🌾

I did have something in mind for her! I wasn't sure about it at first because the in game ages don't line up with this lore at all (having died 185 moons before SporeClan was founded, years before even Goldpurr existed). So I've gone and changed the ages because I liked the ideas I had

The basic jist of it is that Silverpaw was Crowwhistle's apprentice back when they were both members of PuddleClan. She was one of the first victims of the unrest and ensuing wars that took out the clans, and her death in particular was what threw PuddleClan into full on war with their neighbors.

[kitkatkk2]

basically what happened in penacony, right?

[lovereadandwrite]

how many eclipses do you think Fyodor has seen in his lifetime(s)?🌒💕🥰

[daxwormzz]

Catabolic Seed

(more Piter, this time depicting my friend’s design for him. I like a little variety sometimes)

[wispscribbles]

hi i just discovered your beautiful art so i obviously needed to scroll down your whole blog to catch up on everything you posted haha

i just wanted to say that i got way too emotional after reading that post of yours regarding mw3 and your mental health… on one hand i’m so sorry that you felt that way, but on the other i feel it with my whole heart

ghoap content especially for me helped me these past few months with my mental health in ways i would never have expected, it was my solace and inspiration, i started working out too and got back into drawing, got a lot better at it as well!

but unfortunately i get way too fixated on fictional stuff and there comes a time that my brain switches up and connects the things i liked and comforted me with things that make me extremely uncomfortable and stressed out, especially if i fall down a fandom rabbit hole that i would never have searched up, beacuse i know myself, i know my limits and triggers but i feel like i’m not a part of the fandom if i don’t like and interact with every single headcanon, art and ship

these past days i was really down because of that, and the things i read (why did i do that???) and now when i think of ghoap i think of that stuff and im scared that i alienated myself from the one thing that made me happy

but discovering your art and with that your post reminded me that im not alone in these feelings, even if it’s not the same exactly, and i wanted to thank you, for sharing your thoughts that time i guess haha <33

((sorry for rambling))

Long reply under 'keep reading' !! CW: talk of triggers and MCD

Always feel free to ramble my way!!! How nice you could find some comfort in my art and ghoap stuff. Especially in my mw3 post. I've been considering deleting it a few times, but hearing it maybe helped to read in some way makes me happy I left it up.

I get where you're coming from - I very much use these fictional characters as a safe space, but ppl view them very differently. There's room for it all, "don't like, don't interact" is very much a policy I agree with. It's important to mute words and be aware of your own triggers as you browse stuff in this fandom, because there's such a wide variety of stuff out there. You do NOT have to interact and agree with every thought people have on this ship, that's impossible and super stressful. There's plenty of stuff and headcanons I don't vibe with. There are no 'requirements' that you have to meet in order to enjoy fiction.

It's part of why I enjoy ghoap - that their dynamic resonates and has sparked so much creativity and outlets for so many - but it also means there's gonna be a lot of stuff u don't necessarily agree with or feel comfortable with. For example, a lot of folks use the MCD in mw3 as a way to explore grief, which I think is really cool, but on a bad day that could potentially get my brain in a bad headspace, so I only check out that art and those fics when I feel okay. There's also a bunch of stuff I'd never want to interact with, and that’s fine !!

I'm personally quite vanilla and a sucker for exploring the softer, more domestic aspects of these characters. It's what brings me joy. I know there are parts of this fandom who don’t vibe with what I make at all, and would call it untrue to the characters. Some creators enjoy exploring the more violent or toxic sides to the source material. That's just how it is, we all need different things from fiction. As long as we're capable of chilling in our respective sandboxes, then all's good.

But if you're like me, and enjoy the softer things, then definitely be aware and careful while exploring this ship and fandom. I've seen takes on these characters that are so far removed from how I view them, that they're basically the complete opposite, and it can leave a very bad taste, especially if you're the type to hinge your safe space on fiction.

Just... be mindful of yourself and your potential triggers, be respectful and don't interact with things that make you uncomfortable to the point of feeling unsafe. Shape your own online experience to your best ability.

Hope you're doing okay and still find joy in ghoap <3

[hello-galad]

[stromuprisahat]

What would have wanted Mal to do differently for him to be a good love interest to Alina? Especially in the situation where Alina somehow decides to go along with the Darkling's plan?

He isn't bad love interest, he's bad endgame presented as happily ever after, instead of intimate horror-in-making.

His change of heart would happen on-page, not in between two books, while living in religious fucking cult.

I'd address both his and Alina's anti-Grisha bias and the issues they developed in their culty orphanage, realize it was actually pretty far from idealisation-worthy. I don't expect either of them to completely overcome it- that sort of "deprogramming" should take more than a few months, certainly not weeks.

I'd want them to realize harmfulness of their codependency and work on that too. Not so their relationship can become pristine, but because it limits them both (as characters AND human beings).

I'd want them truly genuinely supportive of each other, not just feeding off each other's bad habits and insecurities.

While their relationship isn't good for either of them, Malyen's the one with upper hand- he IS Alina's abuser. Even if he would genuinely work on himself, Alina isn't obliged to stay with him, and that's what I'd want.

I hate the implication she owes him anything, because he's "nice" now.

I wouldn't mind them staying in touch- again- should he TRULY change- as friends, family, whatever you want to call it-, but they simply don't work as a couple and they have history so convoluted there would always be quite a danger they'll slip back into their harmful patterns.

Malyen's set up as the romantic relationship Alina's supposed to grow out of. Again- it hardly makes him bad love interest, they merely should let go.

For Alina to choose to work alongside Aleksander, she's need to be less prejudiced, and that's what I mentioned above. It's all intertwined. Changing Alina might influence Malyen. She might be less likely to succumb to their usual patterns of bahaviour, or it might be noticed by others and the disproportion between that and her status of Sun Summoner might be the impulse needed to dig her heels in and continue her positive development.

[bubblegumflavor]

"That foreigner over there looks like he could use a refreshment."

Daniel: "I got this!"

A little first meeting in Italy AU for the @ckreversebang !! =)

(Had to delete the first post because I wanted to add a part 2 of the scene X3)

[magpie-to-the-morning]

Javier Peña with a secret wife though 👀

It takes Steve ages to realize that when Javi says he’s off to a bar or one of his favorite houses of negotiable affection, he’s actually somewhere else

He catches Javi whistling one morning - fucking whistling - and corners him to ask what the hell is up

When Steve and Connie finally meet her, she’s shockingly… normal. Not an informant, not someone who came to Javi needing help. Just a woman he met and fell in love with, like he was anyone else

But he isn’t anyone else, and he fights like hell to keep the darkness in his life from her door

Meeting up at her place between missions

He only calls her from pay phones, never the office or his cell

It’s hard, and she hates not being able to go out with him or introduce him to all her friends and family

But she wouldn’t trade their bubble of domesticity for anything. The sheer relief on his face when he unlocks their door and sees her relaxing on the couch with a book and a glass of wine, the apartment all soft lighting and cozy touches. She can see the weight falling off his shoulders as he steps into that warmth and safety, feel the tension leaving his body as he lifts her legs up and onto his lap as he settles beside her

It almost makes up for the feeling of waking up and finding him already gone the next morning

[fffanii]

09.07.24

hello, you have reached the point in which the queue point has passed the date of ii16 coming out. now you will have to listen to me lose my mind and experience the stages of grief in the tags.

alt ver. ↓

[starlene]

I redrew the Utterson/Jekyll sketch that almost broke my scanner. The new one only crashed my photoshop once, which I'm choosing to interpret as a good sign.

Unfortunately though, as often happens with these things, I like the first sketch better despite everything wrong with it. So heck it. I'll just post them both.

Based on that fic I wrote last week.